Play how it shapes the brain, opens the imagination, and invigorates the soul

Main Author:	Brown, Stuart L.
Other Authors:	Vaughan, Christopher C., 1961-
Format:	Books Print Book
Language:	English
Published:	New York : Avery, c2009.
Subjects:	Play > Psychological aspects. Play > Social aspects. Mind and body. Parent teacher books.

Item Description:	Includes index.
Physical Description:	229 p. : ill. ; 22 cm.
ISBN:	9781583333334 (alk. paper) 1583333339 (alk. paper)
Author Notes:	Stuart Brown, M.D. is a medical doctor, psychiatrist, clinical researcher, and the founder of the National Institute for Play. He speaks regularly to Fortune 500 companies and groups across the country on the significance of play in our lives. The producer of a three-part PBS series, The Promise of Play , he has also appeared on NPR and was featured in a front-page story in The New York Times Magazine . He lives in Carmel Valley, California. Christopher Vaughan has been a journalist for more than twenty years. He cowrote the national bestseller The Promise of Sleep .